so my question is... why does my wow recommend everything on ultra where as his is recommended on high? i could have sworn his was a better system. is the monitor causing it to not be as good? thanks in advance!

Well resolution does mean a lot for your FPS... but really take the recommended with a grain of salt. On my computer it recommended it to be medium, but i could play it on Ultra with full multisampling and stuff without ever falling below 60 fps (sometimes fell to 40 during raids).